Archives for September 2007
Coffee Talk
Published on 8 Sep 2007 at 8:08 am.
2 Comments.
Filed under Iraq, military.
Teflon Don on winding down over coffee. Desert Flier has more Ramadi socializing. You never know who you’ll run into.
Life, Death, Politics
Published on 7 Sep 2007 at 10:31 pm.
7 Comments.
Filed under history, media, pols.
I was in Lowell today to see an old friend. I met Paul Sullivan when I went to work at the Lowell Sun 18 years ago. We were never all that close, but we knew each other and spent some time together. We’d meet Friday afternoons, local media mainly, at a place with a deck on [...]
Al Qaeda Gag Shop
Published on 7 Sep 2007 at 4:43 pm.
17 Comments.
Filed under al qaeda.
UPDATE: TPM’s Josh Marshall gets the OBL memo, chimes in with the talking points …
As I skimmed the transcript of the new bin Laden tape with its discussion of global warming, subprime credit woes, Noam Chomsky, Richard Perle, the low tax nirvana of Islam and a bunch of other stuff, I could not help feeling sad again [...]
Islamophobia
Published on 7 Sep 2007 at 8:58 am.
19 Comments.
Filed under Islam.
MEMRI, its sights usually aimed in the other direction, tackles Islamo-bashing on YouTube and other sites, noting that same are often used by Crusaderphobic jihadis for their hate speech. MEMRI offers a list of I-phobic vid outrages that are part of “Bash Islam Week” at YouTube.*
I See London, I See France
Published on 6 Sep 2007 at 11:51 pm.
5 Comments.
Filed under France.
First, it was the suave, debonair and sophisticated Dissident Frogman.*
Then, it was Sarkozy, a Crusader and Zionist cowboy, who professes to love America.
Now, the French examine themselves and consider this matter of arrogance. I don’t know what is happening over there. But I could see myself beginning to like these people:
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The Wind In The Heights
Published on 6 Sep 2007 at 10:44 pm.
2 Comments.
Filed under GWOT, history.
Gerard van der Leun takes us from Washington falling back in the Battle of Long Island to Sept. 11 in his old neighborhood, Brooklyn Heights:
And I knew that all they had become had fallen upon us as we ran in the smoke; that we had breathed them in when the wind reached us; that they [...]
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… Or Get Off The Pot
Published on 6 Sep 2007 at 10:17 pm.
2 Comments.
Filed under pols, sex.
It’s probably poor form to apologize about posting something while posting it. I’m already tired of this guy, but I rattled on at length about him this morning, so I suppose an update is in order.
Craig aides say he’s unlikely to finish his term.
Terror Talk
Published on 6 Sep 2007 at 9:54 pm.
11 Comments.
Filed under al qaeda.
OBL wants to talk. The worst part is, we have to listen. Need to know what the bearded old goat is yapping about. Now I know how people who hate Bush feel when he gets up to speak. You know, the world’s greatest terrorist. Must feel the same for them, having to listen to him.
Surrender Is As Surrender Does
Published on 6 Sep 2007 at 10:37 am.
24 Comments.
Filed under Iraq, media, pols.
Surrender enthusiasts contemplate giving up. NYT:
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Third-World’s Stupidest Criminal
Published on 6 Sep 2007 at 10:17 am.
3 Comments.
Filed under other.
Jungle Trader’s leading today with an unlucky Tanzanian thief killed by angry villagers on his way to procure an amulet to protect him from police arrest!
You’ll want to check in with the trader for all your Third World news. Make sure not to stop scrolling before you get to the vicious wasp attack on tourists [...]
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Nailing Coffin Nail’s Coffin
Published on 6 Sep 2007 at 10:11 am.
1 Comment.
Filed under science.
Hyscience with your smoking/Alzheimer links. All right, already. We know. It kills. Now it has to drive us crazy, too?
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Doomed, Doomed I Tell You …
Published on 6 Sep 2007 at 10:07 am.
1 Comment.
Filed under impending doom!.
Tigerhawk with some deep thots re dinosaurs and us. Hammer and Chisel of God. He’s right, you know. Could happen. More or less tomorrow.
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Stop Me If You’ve Plotted This One Before …
Published on 6 Sep 2007 at 9:26 am.
19 Comments.
Filed under al qaeda.
I’m waiting for our loyal opposition to start mocking this foiled terror plot. It’s not a real terrorist threat when you arrest them. Terror arrests are good for yuks! Except for the part about when the Cheney-Rove administration starts torturing them and denying them civil jihadi rights. That’s more like … how many oppressed Islamic militants [...]
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Monkey Business
Published on 6 Sep 2007 at 8:03 am.
8 Comments.
Filed under pols, sex.
For some reason, Larry Craig deciding to fight reminds me of Gary Hart deciding not to. I’m not the only one getting Gary Hart flashbacks off this, even though the scandals, the reactions, the stakes are entirely different.
The Anti-Cronkite
Published on 5 Sep 2007 at 9:12 am.
12 Comments.
Filed under Iraq, media.
Katie Couric, speaking of vapid TV anchors, in Iraq, atoning for CBS’s sins:
War Today, War Tomorrow, War Forever!
Published on 5 Sep 2007 at 1:50 am.
17 Comments.
Filed under Iraq, media.
Kind of has a ring to it, don’t you think? It’s part of the latest embarrassingly bad commentary from the drama-addicted, accuracy-challenged Keith Olbermann. He’s engaged in a bit of a kindergarten project with bluntnose scissors and Elmer’s glue. He starts with someone else’s arts and crafts project, the following chop job graph from the NYT:
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Yellow Protestism
Published on 4 Sep 2007 at 11:48 pm.
5 Comments.
Filed under Iran, Iraq, pols.
Surber on the new Jingoism: We’ll supply the protestors, you supply the war.
Just go read it, and while you’re there, check the latest poll numbers. 54 percent now say the war can be won. Poll governance rules call for Dem Cong to respond to the will of the people, who can’t stand them, consider them losers.
Potemkin Journalism
Published on 4 Sep 2007 at 8:32 am.
5 Comments.
Filed under Iraq, media, military.
WaPo finally decides to do some war reporting in the runup to that Petraeus report. Where does it go? The Dora marketplace that the pols have walked through. Damning conclusion?
The Thing About China
Published on 4 Sep 2007 at 12:19 am.
13 Comments.
Filed under China.
Is that we are bound to have a war with them, but it is really not in our interest or theirs that we should do so.
Leb News
Published on 3 Sep 2007 at 11:33 pm.
No Comments.
Filed under al qaeda, lebanon.
Gateway, your go-to place for happy Leb news, like the end of Fatah al-Islam and the death of Absi.
Here’s your other go-to place. Blacksmiths of Lebanon has the vid, and the names and faces of more than 160 fallen in the effort. A great toll, and Lebanon is to be commended for turning on the terrorists [...]
Wrong
Published on 3 Sep 2007 at 11:10 pm.
No Comments.
Filed under history.
Visionary/megababe/guestblogger Cassandra, PO’d about the first draft of history getting it wrong again.
Gettysburg
Published on 3 Sep 2007 at 10:42 pm.
1 Comment.
Filed under Bush, Iraq, history, pols.
That’s what Frederick Kagan is calling the al-Asad summit, and everything it represents.
There are a lot of different ways to read a Gettysburg analogy, from 2oth Maine at Little Round Top to Pickett’s Charge, to turning back Lee’s Army and turning the tide in a war, to galvanizing a nation and generations to follow with a few [...]
Incredibly Bad Idea
Published on 3 Sep 2007 at 9:41 am.
4 Comments.
Filed under Britain.
British exit Basra. Leaving as Shiite militias are fighting for dominance, and Iran has been stepping up its involvement. Basra was once the showcase of stability. The Brits, facing a growing challenge from the militias, used that as an excuse to leave.
Undersized Brit Army has legitimate issues with being overextended, and is playing a leading role [...]
Combat Deaths Down
Published on 3 Sep 2007 at 8:47 am.
7 Comments.
Filed under Iraq, al qaeda, military.
Apparently it’s a mystery:
WASHINGTON — American combat deaths in Iraq have dropped by half in the three months since the buildup of 28,000 additional U.S. troops reached full strength, surprising analysts and dividing them as to why.
Bush in Iraq
Published on 3 Sep 2007 at 7:57 am.
13 Comments.
Filed under Bush, Iraq.
NPR reporting he’s landed, enroute to an econmic summit in Australia. Web reports now coming in.
AP: He’s in Anbar, landed at Al-Asad.
CNN here, BBC here. More on-air from Beeb, currently reporting he’s expected to meet with al-Maliki and Sunni tribal leaders who’ve joined the United States and the Iraqi government against al-Qaeda. Condoleezza Rice and Stephen Hadley flew [...]
Your Jihad
Published on 3 Sep 2007 at 7:53 am.
3 Comments.
Filed under al qaeda.
… Should you choose to accept it. Irritate the Danes:
Walking in Dreams
Published on 2 Sep 2007 at 11:23 pm.
1 Comment.
Filed under Iraq, blogs.
All of the guest bloggers last week did a great job, and I thank them for giving me a break and giving all of us a highly entertaining week. The greatest honor for all of us was having a pair of grunts take the time to weigh in between combat patrols and preparing to leave Iraq. [...]
Vote For Mo
Published on 2 Sep 2007 at 10:21 pm.
3 Comments.
Filed under America, Islam, pols.
Dean, Ellison tell Muslims to run for office:
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean told American Muslims gathered in Rosemont to think beyond voter registration drives.
“You need to run for political office,” Dean said Saturday. “The only way you can achieve your goals is to stand up and say who you are and be proud of it.”
Those [...]
2 VCs
Published on 2 Sep 2007 at 9:45 pm.
No Comments.
Filed under Afghanistan, Britain, Iraq.
In the offing in Afghanistan. One earned the customary way … posthumously:
Last month Capt Hicks, 26, refused morphine when mortally wounded in order to lead a counter-attack against a Taliban rocket assault.
In May L/Cpl Ruecker fought off Taliban riflemen to rescue a badly wounded comrade from a burning armoured car. One VC has already been [...]
Saber Rattled
Published on 2 Sep 2007 at 11:24 am.
11 Comments.
Filed under Iran, military.
UPDATE: ConfYank and NeptLex smell BS in alleged flight deck report of preparations for same. I’d suggest the blabber may well be telling the truth, its an ignorant messenger who’s garbled it, attributing inaccuracies. Happens all the time. Interesting however, if there’s enough information in Kos yapper’s report to ID and get the blabber in trouble. Certainly hope it’s true, because [...]
It’s A Dirty Job
Published on 2 Sep 2007 at 10:57 am.
9 Comments.
Filed under pols, sex.
But someone’s gotta do it.
Steyn slams the cop who bagged Craig. He doesn’t doubt Craig was looking for love in the wrong place, but decries sleazy vice work:
Call To Jihad
Published on 2 Sep 2007 at 10:07 am.
3 Comments.
Filed under al qaeda.
Reportedly hosted in Minnesota. MEMRI on the latest web missive from Al Qaeda. Turns out you can be part of AQ without even knowing the secret handshake. To be AQ requires only that you do like AQ:
Like Chicken and Ham, Peachy
Published on 2 Sep 2007 at 9:53 am.
1 Comment.
Filed under Iraq, al qaeda.
What did Peachy Carnahan tell Daniel Dravot, the Man Who Would Be King?
“For Gord’s sake, leave the women alone! … Remember the Contrack, and keep clear o’ women.”
Australian LTC David Kilcullen, having just ended his tour as counterinsurgency advisor to Gen. Petraeus, reports that women have been the undoing of Al Qaeda in Iraq. Anatomy [...]
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Carbon Footprint Small
Published on 1 Sep 2007 at 12:04 pm.
3 Comments.
Filed under moronocy, pols, warmalism.
As conscientious green anti-democracy hooligans think globally, attack cops locally. Star Trib:
“New Means of Defense” Decried
Published on 1 Sep 2007 at 11:30 am.
3 Comments.
Filed under GWOT, Islam.
Al-Azhar Sheikhs: Islam Forbids Taking Civilians Hostage
UPDATE: link screwed up by MEMRI today. original text follows below)
At first blush this from Jihad U. sounds pretty good. However, devil’s in the details, and you could drive a truck bomb through this:
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Judgment Unlapsed
Published on 1 Sep 2007 at 11:20 am.
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Filed under pols, sex.
Backward conservatives give Larry Craig the bums’ rush, he bails. If Craig was representing a more progressive state like Massachusetts, he’d be a committee chairman or have a marine sanctuary named after him. Or in a more forgiving party, his wife would be running for president and touting him as a roving ambassador.* Have these moralistic conservatives no [...]
Great American
Published on 1 Sep 2007 at 10:11 am.
9 Comments.
Filed under obit.
Erudite, insightful and incisive reader/commenter OldManTyme passed last week, and will be missed. You’ll recognize him in his son Joe’s remarks:
Dad was Boston Irish born and bred. He joined the Marines out of HS and served 4 years including a combat tour in Vietnam. He married my mom while in college earning a degree in [...]
What I Did On My Summer Vacation
Published on 1 Sep 2007 at 9:40 am.
13 Comments.
Filed under blogs.
So I get back. Crittenden Manor is a mess. A man’s home is his castle, and this one looks like it’s been sacked by Huns. Beer cans piled up in the corners and ashtrays overflowing. There’s a floozy passed out in the chandelier she was swinging from. God, I hope that’s passed out. Jeeves, bound, gagged, is [...]
